By default, Windows does not allow remote access to the registry. To access the registry remotely you’ll first need start the Remote Registry service. There are multiple ways to achieve this; we’ll cover three ways here: Manually start the service (good option when building an image, not so good if the device is already remote) […]
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Querying Windows for the IMEI Number on a Local or Remote Computer
This trick should work to get the IMEI number of your WWAN device. This is useful in the event that you don’t want to remove the battery to find the IMEI sticker. Or you already removed the battery and the sticker isn’t there 🙁 Or maybe you just need to get the number from a machine in […]
List Templates Option Missing in SharePoint 2010
When moving a list from one SharePoint site to another, the “List Templates” gallery might be missing from Site Settings. This seems to be because the gallery is only available under the parent site. Once the template is uploaded to the parent site, it will be available under the sub sites, as well. I bolded […]
Killing a Task Remotely in Microsoft Windows
Have you ever wished you could remotely kill a task on a computer? Your wish is about to come true. You’re probably regretting that you didn’t wish for something better. Like wings. This will work on all versions of Microsoft Windows (at least all the supported ones). There are two commands that you will use. TASKLIST […]
Removing a Varied Number of Characters from the Beginning of a Cell
I’m terrible with Excel. I know that using formulas will make my life easier, but I struggle. Terribly. Searching for information on the interwebs can also be difficult because everyone assumes you’re not an idiot. Anyway, for my own later reference, here’s a formula that came in very handy for me. I dumped a query […]
Downgrade Internet Explorer in Windows 7
Many companies use tools that are not compatible with newer versions of Internet Explorer. As a result, complications often arise when Microsoft pushes out new versions of IE as an automatic update. Since Internet Explorer 8 is included with the standard Windows 7 install, Microsoft does not include a Windows 7 version for download. This […]
Drag and Drop Stops Working in Outlook (or Windows or Lync)
When using Outlook (or Windows generally), you may lose the ability to drag and drop items. For example, you may not be able to drag an email from the inbox into another folder. The solution to this problem is (drum roll, please………..): press ESC. You may need to press ESC more than once, but it […]
Application appears in taskbar, but window is not visible
After opening an application, the program window may not be seen even though the program appears in the taskbar. This happens when the window opens outside of the view area of the monitor(s). There are a couple of ways to resolve this problem. First, try clicking the “Show Desktop” button a couple of times. This […]
“Cannot Create File” error when opening, saving, or printing an attachment
Background: MS Outlook uses a local cache to work with e-mail attachments. Every time an attachment is opened from an email, Outlook creates a copy of the attachment in the local cache. This is not usually a problem as attachments are typically saved if they need to be referenced frequently. The problem occurs when attachments with […]